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Blackburn, Lancashire [1377]

Blackburn England [121]

Blackburn [93]

Blackburn Victoria [32]

Blackburn, Lancs [25]

Blackburn Lancashire [23]

Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4]

Blackburn, Yorkshire [4]

Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancs [3]

Blackburn Scotland [3]

Blackburn, England [3]

Blackburn,Lancashire [3]

Blackburn,Lancs [3]

Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3]

Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancashire England [2]

Blackburn Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn, London [2]

Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2]

Darwen, Blackburn [2]

Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Wilpshire, Blackburn [2]

148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1]

Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn ,Lancashire [1]

Blackburn Livingstone [1]

Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Dublin [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1]

Blackburn, Lancashre [1]

Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1]

Blackburn, Linlithgow [1]

Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Blackburn, lancs [1]

Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256]

Serjeant [24]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [20]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Driver [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Leutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant Commander [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flt Sub Lt [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Infantryman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Lieut-Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Border Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474]

British Army [359]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234]

H [205]

S [163]

C [151]

W [143]

M [98]

R [96]

A [88]

T [85]

P [76]

L [73]

G [71]

D [67]

E [48]

F [48]

K [45]

N [37]

J [27]

O [24]

Y [16]

I [8]

Q [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [1377] Blackburn England [121] Blackburn [93] Blackburn Victoria [32] Blackburn, Lancs [25] Blackburn Lancashire [23] Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4] Blackburn, Yorkshire [4] Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancs [3] Blackburn Scotland [3] Blackburn, England [3] Blackburn,Lancashire [3] Blackburn,Lancs [3] Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3] Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancashire England [2] Blackburn Lancashire. [2] Blackburn, London [2] Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2] Darwen, Blackburn [2] Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Wilpshire, Blackburn [2] 148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] 20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1] 55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1] Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1] Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackburn ,Lancashire [1] Blackburn Livingstone [1] Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Dublin [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1] Blackburn, Lancashre [1] Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1] Blackburn, Linlithgow [1] Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Blackburn, lancs [1] Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256] Serjeant [24] Gunner [23] Corporal [20] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Able Seaman [14] Driver [13] Deck Hand [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Stoker 1st Class [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Sergeant [7] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Leutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant Commander [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Cook [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flt Sub Lt [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Infantryman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Lieut-Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Nursing Member [1] Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68] Royal Field Artillery [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Labour Corps [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Army Service Corps [10] Border Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Wales Borderers [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] HMS Vivid I [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Vivid [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474] British Army [359] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234] H [205] S [163] C [151] W [143] M [98] R [96] A [88] T [85] P [76] L [73] G [71] D [67] E [48] F [48] K [45] N [37] J [27] O [24] Y [16] I [8] Q [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167] India [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] United States [1]

George Edward Clegg

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5503 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Lea Harris

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Starkie

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army T/16298 Driver Army Service Corps

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Thomas Nulty

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 5976 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5976 Private East Lancs Regiment . 1st

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George Marshall Wilshaw

Born 1870

Died 1920

British Army 31747 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31747 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Smith Redman

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy J65931

Royal Navy HMS Erin

Royal Navy HMS Vivid Shore based signals training establishment

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Arthur Rhodes

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 7493 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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John Thomas Entwistle

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 203769 Private Liverpool Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 203769 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Henry Brown

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 22378 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 568192 Private Labour Corps

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John Almond

Born 1875

Died 1939

British Army 42617 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 70211 Private Labour Corps

British Army 90927 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1865

Died 1936

British Army 363 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 8th (Irish) Battalion

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William Edmundson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 56823 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 56823 Corporal Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion, attached to 3rd Trench Mortar Battery

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William Wolstenholme

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 7732 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7732 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7732 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Hartley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30059 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Batallion

British Army 30059 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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Henry Higginson

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 43136 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 34th Brigade, 70th Battery

British Army 43136 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 34th Brigade, 70th Battery

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John Slater

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army 20802 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Richard Kay

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 11368 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 11368 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Rostron

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 16403 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 16403 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Barker

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6093 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Rufus Dunn

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 242846 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 242846 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 1/6th Rifles Battalion

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